Name: Selenomonas ruminis Poothong et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. ruminis, of the rumen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: se-le-NO-mo-nas RU-mi-nis, feminine

Type strain: JCM 33724; KCTC 25177; mPRGC5; VTOY00000000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC487987 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poothong S, Tanasupawat S, Chanpongsang S, Kingkaew E, Nuengjamnong C. Anaerobic flora, Selenomonas ruminis sp. nov., and the bacteriocinogenic Ligilactobacillus salivarius strain MP3 from crossbred-lactating goats. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4838. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 218. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudoselenomonas ruminis (Poothong et al. 2024) Heng and Kittelmann 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoselenomonas ruminis (Poothong et al. 2024) Heng and Kittelmann 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: Accession LC487987.
  • ❗ Selenomonas ruminis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Selenomonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Poothong S, Tanasupawat S, Chanpongsang S, Kingkaew E, Nuengjamnong C. Anaerobic flora, Selenomonas ruminis sp. nov., and the bacteriocinogenic Ligilactobacillus salivarius strain MP3 from crossbred-lactating goats. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4838. 🇹🇭

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